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02182aam a2200349 i 4500 001 97D71DB2835811EDA23494D33AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221224010004 008 220412s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2022017619 020 $a 1476688648 020 $a 9781476688640 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Gehweiler, Rick, $d 1944- 245 1 $a Pop a smoke : $b memoir of a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam / $c Rick Gehweiler. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2022] 300 $a x, 172 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 28 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 505 $a Pop smoke -- The beginning -- Quantico -- Pensacola -- The edge of the envelope -- Phu Bai -- Water buffalo -- The Sikorsky bounce -- Flying for the ROKs -- Incoming or outgoing? -- Hill 818 -- The twilight zone -- Final days -- Departure -- Boat ride from hell -- Coming home -- You can run but you cannot hide -- Epilogue -- Military history of Richard W. Gehweiler. 520 $a "By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like U.S. Marine Lieutenant Rick Gehweiler, the good news was it could still take significant damage and keep flying. His vivid memoir narrates his harrowing, at times deadly flight missions under fire, as experienced in the cockpit, along with anecdotes of tragedy and humor from his 13-month tour through Da Nang and Phu Bai"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20221005. 600 1 $a Gehweiler, Rick, $d 1944- 610 1 $a United States $b Medium Helicopter Squadron 362 $b Medium Helicopter Squadron 362 $v Biography. 650 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $v Personal narratives, American. 650 $a Helicopter pilots $z United States $v Biography. 650 $a Helicopter pilots $z Vietnam $v Biography. 650 $a Youngstown (N.Y.) $v Biography. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War. 941 $a 1 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20221224010018.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=97D71DB2835811EDA23494D33AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search